PIT STOP: Globe Trotting

• The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 completes its annual western swing with Wednesday’s Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Andrew Ranger is coming off his second straight win Saturday at Edmonton International Raceway and will look to make it three in a row against a field led by two-time race champion Scott Steckly and Jason Hathaway, who has won three of the series’ last five oval races. • The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series closes out its four race weekend regular-season with a doubleheader at Germany’s famed Nurburgring. The two races – on Saturday and Sunday on the 2.255-mile Grand Prix Circuit 2 – serve as a homecoming of sorts for several German-speaking drivers from Austria, led by Mathias Lauda. The son of Formula 1 champion Niki Lauda is coming off his first NASCAR win at Tours Speedway in France.• The NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series resumes action with a race Saturday night clash at .875-mile Autodromo Internacional de Aguascalientes. Points leader Suárez (four wins in seven races) will skip the K&N Pro Series East race in Columbus to face off a field led by second-place Antonio Pérez, Rubén Pardo and Abraham Calderón.• The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour stays in New Hampshire, transitioning from New Hampshire Motor Speedway to high-banked quarter-mile Monadnock Speedway in Winchester Saturday for the seventh of 14 races on the schedule. Just 12 points separate the top four in the standings, led by Doug Coby, who holds a slim two-point win over New Hampshire winner Bobby Santos.• Ben Rhodes had his four-race win streak ended at New Hampshire, and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship leader will look to bounce back as the series heads to Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway. He still holds a 62-point lead over Gray Gaulding after 10 of 16 races. Rev Racing has scored wins in two of the last three races at the historic third-mile (Darrell Wallace Jr. in 2011 and Daniel Suárez in 2013).